White Paint Done, Time For Red

Gotta get those curves right. It was pretty difficult but I think it will be worth it when its done. The auto body shop had to make several templates and then make them all even. I wanted a more feminine look than the more popular straight lines and z's.

 

The painter was asking me why I didn't want to paint the window frames the same colors. I chose to keep them aluminum after looking at many, many photos of both painted and aluminum. Besides saving a little money on paint, I chose to keep them aluminum in case I ever have to replace a window frame (ex. it gets broken into or they get dented or they start to leak & we would have to work on them) then I wont have to haul it back into the paint shop.

 

 

 

On Her Way To Paint

Bye Addison! See you in a few! First step is to fill all the old holes from previous owners additions of locks and things they had added thru the yrs. Then they'll sand them down and start the primer and paint.

Replacing Interior Of Door

One more step before she is whisked away to paint! We needed to play with the door. The wood was badly rotted and warped. Also the aluminum was bent out of shape at the bottom. We also bought a new locking mechanism for the original handle. I am toying with the popular idea of chalkboard painting the interior of the door. I guess future pictures will tell!

Finished door

The original and new wood

Door frame was in good shape, no structural damage.

Interior Paint Time

UPDATE: I have since repainted her a warmer yellowish color from Home Depot called Calm Air. I know, I know, us woman usually know what we want right away (insert sarcasm) but I noticed everyone who didn't have wood veneers were painting them white & off white so I decided I needed to be different! I did keep the benches the Cottage White, however to match the future moldings.
New color:

 See?! I work! Its not all Mike LOL. The primer is just soaking up my beautiful Cottage White which is the name of my color. I still want the trailer to look vintage/antique. Its not a new trailer and it won't be decorated modern so I didn't want too bright, eye popping white. This keeps it light & airy but still warm like many of the knitted pillows that will be used in the decorating. Coming up next...time for the molding for seams and corners to give it a finished look. Then we will replace windows & add window molding.

The white primer is from Home Depot and is also sandable. So when we filled the holes from the staples and nails then we primered the whole thing, sanded it, then repeated a couple more times. This made the walls very, very smooth with no blemishes. (Note: The wainscoting is going on the walls where wrap around table & benches will be, however in the kitchen I'm installing the tin for a backsplash so we just used the flat board for that, flat for the ceiling, and flat in area that will be in the closet.)

Some Hang Laundry On The Line...We Hang Windows

Hope the neighbors don't complain! Well, it only took 2 days. But we gave the original window frames a nice, hot, acid bath. They came real clean! All the oxidized black came right off. Then Mike sprayed some metal paint, color is aluminum, cleaned the glass, and they look great, nice & shiny!